01636nmm a22002657a 4500003000900000005001700009008004100026022001400067040002800081100002600109245005800135260003700193300001700230500008100247501021400328504014100542520047900683653002801162653002001190653002101210653001801231653002301249653003001272856006801302ES-BaAUN20231010103756.0221102b        |||    |o||j| 00| 0 eng d  a2575-5374  aES-BaAUNbengcES-BaAUN1 aCao, Nicoleeauthor. 11aEnabling Spatial Agency and Participatory Spacemaking3 burbanNext,cSeptember 27, 2023.   a444  words.   aEssay, Middle Density, Nicole Cao, Politics and economics, Urban Paradigms.   aAccessibility, Affordable Housing, Alternative Domesticity, Collective housing, Comfort, Community, Cooperation, Essay, Flexibility, Inclusivity, Participation, Programmatic coexistences, Spatial Ideologies. 
  aProject by Nicole Cao, architecture student at the University of Waterloo.
The project won the Azure Magazine A+ Student Award for 2023.  a“Solar Steps” is a proposed affordable residence featuring a triple-story ETFE greenhouse atrium that explores how threshold materiality and operability could create new forms of collective living that empower residents to engage in the making of their own spaces. Sited in Brampton, Ontario, the project was created for a third-year design studio led by professor Adrian Blackwell at the University of Waterloo entitled “Humans are more important than real estate”.  aPolitics and economics   aMiddle density   aurban paradigms   aAccessibility  aAffordable Housing  aProgrammatic coexistences40uhttps://urbannext.net/enabling-spatial-agency/ zAccess to info